Mercato – Neymar, Mbappe, Hazard, Kane: Who to replace Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid?

Real Madrid has a big job ahead of him: replace Cristiano Ronaldo. Party to Juventus against 105 million euros, the Portuguese international will leave a big gap on the side of Santiago Bernabeu. The Merengues will inevitably be active in the transfer market this summer to recruit a new star able to keep Real Madrid on the roof of the world. The leaders of Casa Blanca had anticipated a possible departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and are obviously on several tracks to succeed the fivefold Golden Ball.

Neymar and Mbappé, the jewels of PSG

The priority of Real Madrid is name Neymar. This is the fad of Florentino Pérez. Even though Cristiano Ronaldo was still at Real Madrid, the Merengue president was openly flirting with PSG winger. In terms of marketing, the Brazilian international would manage to forget the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and would be a masterstroke similar to the arrival of Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane or Ronaldo. Sportingly, Real Madrid would have another Golden Ball in power in its ranks, a player capable of unleashing the crowds, certainly Neymar is not as much a statistical monster as the Portuguese, but he is certainly the one who is the most even to replace it. Nevertheless, this file is much too complicated. PSG, which bought 222 million euros last summer, is not a seller and Real Madrid will probably not be able to do anything against that.

Another PSG player is planned to succeed Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Brilliant with the Blues at the 2018 World Cup, Kylian Mbappé embodies the present and the future of world football. Recruited 180 million euros after a year at the highest level under the colors of AS Monaco, Kylian Mbappé is in all likelihood the next big star in world football. By recruiting him, Real Madrid would make an investment over the next ten years. Under contract with the PSG until June 2022, Kylian Mbappé has the potential, the speed, the play of the game, the finish, all of a big. But Real Madrid knows it will be very difficult to snatch it from the hands of the defending champion of France.

Hazard, the ideal option

The ideal option for Real Madrid is Eden Hazard. The Belgian international, Real Madrid fan since always, has never hidden his desire to evolve someday under the colors of Casa Blanca. He also opened the door to a transfer to Real Madrid a few days ago. The Belgian has the advantage of being the substitute post for the position of the Portuguese. A modern left winger able to score and score. A star with high potential, very high level that will arrive in the best years of his career. At age 27, Eden Hazard has toured Chelsea, he proved to be able to guide his team to victory in the Premier League in particular, but can not achieve his dream in the Champions League. Under contract until 2020, the Belgian is reluctant to extend for several months and no doubt that a call from Real Madrid would not leave him insensitive. It remains to be seen whether Eden Hazard will be able to break through in the big meetings of C1 and be even better in terms of statistics.

Sparkling with Liverpool, Mohamed Salah can also be a track that Real Madrid would want to lean on. Top scorer of Premier League last season, the Egyptian international reaches the peak of his career. Convincing Liverpool, however, promises mission impossible, especially as Mohamed Salah recently extended his contract. His ability to link up to such a level over several seasons is also a question that no one is yet able to answer. Mohamed Salah will only be a fallback choice for Real Madrid.

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Kane and Lewandowski, a star striker rather than a winger

With the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid lost about 50 goals per season. Only Harry Kane seems able to align with the statistics of the Portuguese international. Top scorer of the World Cup, the Tottenham striker scored 56 goals in 2017. Real Madrid has been following him for several months and was already considering bringing him instead of Karim Benzema. If his compatibility with Cristiano Ronaldo left room for doubt, now that the Portuguese is gone, Florentino Perez will surely accelerate the pace by trying to convince Daniel Levy, as he had managed to do with Gareth Bale. The English international has extended his contract until 2024 before the World Cup, is Mauricio Pochettino may oppose his departure, only an excessive offer could make him leave the Spurs this summer, even if the striker appreciates the Real Madrid. By choosing Harry Kane, Real Madrid would evacuate Karim Benzema and would give more responsibility to Marco Asensio and / or Isco or to bring a winger like Eden Hazard to continue with a scorer in his workforce.

Robert Lewandowski is the last solution for Real Madrid. Like Harry Kane, the Polish international would not be the substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo's position but could succeed him as a star of the Merengue and is able to compensate for the statistical losses caused by the departure of the Portuguese international. Always in search of a Champions League, Robert Lewandowski could be inspired by a start on the side of Madrid. But Bayern Munich, and Niko Kovac, will not let him go so easily.

Real Madrid has two axes to replace Cristiano Ronaldo. Take a star winger like Neymar or Kylian Mbappé, replace the Portuguese international post for a position to lose a little statistically, or recruit a winger who does not need all the coverage on him, like Eden Hazard, and associate him with a number nine superstar like Harry Kane or Robert Lewandowski to take advantage of the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to renew part of the line of attack. The second option will certainly be simpler to perform, and also less expensive, as Neymar and Kylian Mbappé seem overpriced. It is not impossible to see two stars landed on the side of Madrid this summer to seal the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.